Sunderland 1-0 Fulham 30/08

[Simunch]

looked like apush in the back

Looked like a fair penalty shout to me.

[Coastwalker]

Brentford 1 up at Leeds.

[Karlos]

Massively miss Cairney in a game like this, haven't got anyone who can keep hold of the ball and play smart forward passes

[SerbianLad]

Brentford 1 up at Leeds.

I notice Wilson is on the bench. Do they not know how well he plays against them?

[LittleErn]

looked like apush in the back

Looked like a fair penalty shout to me.

Clutching at straws. Says it all about this performance.

[bog]

Seems my optimism may have been a tad misplaced.  There must be changes on the way.   

[alfie]

Personally I would bring ESR for Iwobi, he is very good at pressing.

[Steeeeeeeeeed]

Decent away performance so far, even if a very dull game.

Away to Sunderland in their first home game of the season is a big task, doing good so far, a couple of subs on and sneak the win.

[Karlos]

2 of Iwobi/Palacios/Bobb off for Charles and Kevin at half time please. Until we, hopefully, get another midfielder, Charles-Berge should be our duo. Kevin on to have someone who's actually willing to go at players.

Wasn't Palacios meant to be a CM?

[DevonFFC]

That was 45 mins of total shite, terrible football, no energy and little to no excitement.

Sunderland didn't look good or likely to get a goal but carry on like that and they will inevitably get one

[AnOldBrownie]

Very poor from Bobb and ultimately cost us a yellow card at the other end.

I keep hearing how great a footballer he is.   At this level he's been meh whenever he's in the first team against premier league competition.   Both he and Palacios look like they are being played in the wrong positions imo.

Happy that we currently have a point though.


I'm not a Bobb fan.   Haven't been since we signed him.

[bahay18]

Front 3 been non existent really . Not sure where Sky get a dominant first half from Sunderland from , I don't think you could find a more balanced uneventful 45 mins if you tried

[WindyCity]

HT thoughts:

Iwobi, still careless passes, easily taken off ball
Garcia, same as Iwobi, though he did put nice pass through to King
Bobb, had what I thought a great chance and just fluffed.  1 v 1 and loads of space on the right, at top of the box, could have just taken ball a bit wider and taken a shot
Needless yellow by Andersen
Way too much reliance on Leno to start play, passing back to him way too much, I get nervous seeing him on the ball
Defensive set up has been solid, not giving Sunderland many decent chances
Offense did have a couple half chances (King) but still looks sluggish, Garcia Palacios not impressive

[S.F.Sorrow]

That was a very poor half from both teams.


On the positive side:

-Our defence (including Berge) looks much better organised than against Chelsea.


On the negative side:

-We really should be able to create more chances against a relegation candidate. We move the ball around far too slowly and look clueless at times.

-Any concerns about Andersen's lack of pace are very much justified. Another half with Andersen on a yellow smells like a recipe for disaster.

[Trusty Steed]

I feel we are very lucky to be going into half time at 0-0, Sunderland didn't have any real clear cut chances, but I feel they should have.

Fingers crossed our team talk puts some fire up their arse's, we switch up tactics and we can come away with something......

Could be a tale of two halves....... 🤞🤞

[SimonDaviesEnjoyer]

Front 3 been non existent really . Not sure where Sky get a dominant first half from Sunderland from , I don't think you could find a more balanced uneventful 45 mins if you tried

I think they've definitely controlled the game. Dominant may be a slight exaggeration.

[SerbianLad]

2 of Iwobi/Palacios/Bobb off for Charles and Kevin at half time please. Until we, hopefully, get another midfielder, Charles-Berge should be our duo. Kevin on to have someone who's actually willing to go at players.

Wasn't Palacios meant to be a CM?

Not sure what the plan was when we got him, but he definitely plays on the wing for us.

[Steeeeeeeeeed]

https://youtu.be/JA3JfsD6s4Y?is=x194NvhP3XVTwoGF

Bit of Dolly Parton In London concert, doing her Elvis impression , to Shake Everybody up 😍

[Grassy Noel]

How I wish Josh King didn't go down so easily.

[akf]

Brentford 1 up at Leeds.

I notice Wilson is on the bench. Do they not know how well he plays against them?

to be fair - i think he came off the bench to score a brace in one of those games - maybe looking for that sort of magic